@ The White House
In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. In the afternoon, the President will meet with the Vice President in the Oval Office.
@ Wall Street
Dozens of earnings reports expected Thursday, including oil giant ExxonMobil and Pepsico.
We will learn about the jobless claims report at 8:30 ET. There is also pending home sales at 10 a.m. and the auction of $29 billion of 7-year notes at 1 p.m.
Other companies reporting earnings include drug companies Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca, oil major Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Dow Chemical, Goodrich, Kellogg, Potash, Pulte Group, Aetna, UPS, Altria, Raytheon, Whirlpool and Starwood Hotels, to name a few. Amazon.com, Starbucks, Coinstar and Zynga report after the closing bell.
